diff --git a/flytekit/core/interface.py b/flytekit/core/interface.py
index a3b1b80dd8..0f651410bf 100644
--- a/flytekit/core/interface.py
+++ b/flytekit/core/interface.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import Any, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
-from typing_extensions import get_args, get_origin
+from typing_extensions import get_args, get_origin, get_type_hints
 
 from flytekit.core import context_manager
 from flytekit.core.docstring import Docstring
@@ -283,11 +283,8 @@ def transform_function_to_interface(fn: typing.Callable, docstring: Optional[Doc
     For now the fancy object, maybe in the future a dumb object.
 
     """
-    try:
-        # include_extras can only be used in python >= 3.9
-        type_hints = typing.get_type_hints(fn, include_extras=True)
-    except TypeError:
-        type_hints = typing.get_type_hints(fn)
+
+    type_hints = get_type_hints(fn, include_extras=True)
     signature = inspect.signature(fn)
     return_annotation = type_hints.get("return", None)
 
@@ -395,7 +392,7 @@ def t(a: int, b: str) -> Dict[str, int]: ...
         bases = return_annotation.__bases__  # type: ignore
         if len(bases) == 1 and bases[0] == tuple and hasattr(return_annotation, "_fields"):
             logger.debug(f"Task returns named tuple {return_annotation}")
-            return dict(typing.get_type_hints(return_annotation))
+            return dict(get_type_hints(return_annotation, include_extras=True))
 
     if hasattr(return_annotation, "__origin__") and return_annotation.__origin__ is tuple:  # type: ignore
         # Handle option 3
diff --git a/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_type_hints.py b/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_type_hints.py
index 077b19f8b5..abdf69f5b0 100644
--- a/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_type_hints.py
+++ b/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_type_hints.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from dataclasses_json import dataclass_json
 from google.protobuf.struct_pb2 import Struct
 from pandas._testing import assert_frame_equal
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
+from typing_extensions import Annotated, get_origin
 
 import flytekit
 import flytekit.configuration
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ def my_task(a: int) -> typing.NamedTuple("OutputsBC", b=typing.ForwardRef("int")
     assert context_manager.FlyteContextManager.size() == 1
 
 
+def test_annotated_namedtuple_output():
+    @task
+    def my_task(a: int) -> typing.NamedTuple("OutputA", a=Annotated[int, "metadata-a"]):
+        return a + 2
+
+    assert my_task(a=9) == (11,)
+    assert get_origin(my_task.python_interface.outputs["a"]) is Annotated
+
+
 def test_simple_input_no_output():
     @task
     def my_task(a: int):